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One - Three Day Trainings & Workshops
- Spirituality as a Resource in Recovery: TBA
- Listening and Interviewing Skills for Addiction Counselors: June, 2011
Online Classes
- Integrating Spirituality into the Therapeutic Process with Addicted Adults: December, 2010
- Mindfulness in Addiction Counseling: August, 2010
- Substance Abuse & Depression: April, 2011
- Clinician Self-Care for Addiction Counselors and Clinical Supervisors: April, 2011
- Simply Being: The Appropriate Use of Self in the Therapeutic Relationship: July, 2011
- Ethical Issues in Clinical Supervision for Co-Occurring Conditions: September 13, 2010
Week Long Courses & Intensives
- Listening and Interviewing Skills for Addiction Counselors: TBA
- Motivational Interviewing and the Stages of Change in Addiction Counseling: TBA
- A Comprehensive Approach to Counselor Self-Care: TBA
Spirituality as a Resource in Recovery
Friends of Recovery, Vermont
Date: TBATrauma is one of the most common complicating factors in the treatment of and recovery from addictions. This course will explore the multi-faceted nature of the assessment and treatment of trauma and addiction. It will provide participants with an understanding of the difference between trauma-informed clinical practice and trauma therapy, some practical ways of identifying trauma-related behaviors, thoughts emotions, physical manifestations, and shifts in world view and offer a respectful and holistic approach (including mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual components) to working with trauma and addictions concurrently in mental health, healthcare and addiction treatment settings. This course will also offer participants specific methods for building supportive, empathetic relationships with clients who have traditionally been viewed as �treatment failures,� helping clients build narratives of hope and resilience, and incorporating mindful awareness and mindfulness practices into their clinical work.
For more information and to register contact:
Friends of Recovery - Vermont
PO Box 1202 Montpelier VT 05601
Toll- free 1 (800) 769-2798
or click here:
Friends of Recovery - Vermont Website
Mindfulness in Addiction Counseling
Distance Learning Program
Brown University Center of Alcohol & Addiction Studies
Date: August 30, 2010Mindfulness is non-judgmental awareness that offers people a larger perspective and broader context within which they can view their problems, including addictions. In recent years, mindfulness has become an integral part of a variety of therapeutic approaches such as Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness-Based Behavioral Relapse Prevention. Clinical research has demonstrated that these mindfulness-based therapeutic approaches reduce medical and psychological symptoms, help people find greater meaning and satisfaction in their lives and recovery, prevent relapse, and enhance psychological resilience. This four week course will explore key concepts and practices of mindfulness and present a method for integrating mindfulness specifically into addiction counseling. The course is intended for those currently counseling people with addiction issues, or anyone interested in gaining more knowledge about mindfulness and incorporating mindfulness practices into their daily lives in order to alleviate suffering.
For more information and to register click here:
Brown Distance Learning
or contact:
Monte Bryant, Program Administrator
Monte_Bryant@Brown.edu
(401) 444-1862.
Clinician Self-Care for Addiction Counselors and Clinical Supervisors
Distance Learning Program
Brown University Center of Alcohol & Addiction Studies
Online Course
April, 2011The clinical and research literature suggests a strong relationship between substance abuse issues and trauma. Addiction counselors are likely to encounter clients with a history of trauma and/or current traumatic stress reactions in their clinical practice. In addition to the stress of working in addiction treatment contexts (including the pressures of managed care, high caseloads, and the demands of justifying treatment to funding sources), which may contribute to burnout, addiction counselors who work with trauma clients are also vulnerable to secondary trauma/compassion fatigue, vicarious traumatization, and sometimes intense countertransference reactions.
This course will explore the impact of secondary trauma/compassion fatigue, vicarious traumatization, burnout, and countertransference on clinicians who work with addicted, traumatized clients and provide counselors and clinical supervisors with a holistic and comprehensive approach to self-care that can prevent and ameliorate this impact. This course will actively engage participants in the development of their own personal/professional self -care plans and give ample opportunity to integrate specific self-care activities and practices into their daily lives.
For more information and to register click here:
Brown Distance Learning
or contact:
Monte Bryant, Program Administrator
Monte_Bryant@Brown.edu
(401) 444-1862.
Simply Being: The Appropriate Use of Self In The Therapeutic Relationship With The Chemically Dependent Adult
Distance Learning Center
Brown University Center of Alcohol & Addiction Studies
Online Course
Date: TBAChogyam Trungpa, a Tibetan Buddhist teacher, has said that "the basic work of health professionals in general and psychotherapists in particular is to become full human beings and inspire full human-beingness in people who feel starved about their lives." This experiential course will allow participants to explore their innate wisdom, intuition, creativity and ability to embody full human-beingness, to enhance their confidence and effectiveness as counselors, to bring their full unconditional presence to the therapeutic relationship, and to develop specific skills in the appropriate use of self in individual and group process with chemically dependent adults.
This course will draw from diverse spiritual, creative, and psychotherapeutic arts such as Taoism, Buddhism, body-process psychotherapy, imagery, storytelling, Transpersonal, Humanistic, and Depth Psychologies, and the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. We will explore the use of experiential learning processes such as meditation, guided meditation, the spiritual practice of mindfulness, and writing practice as pathways to self-discovery and the full blossoming of the integrated self as a helper in service to others.
For more information and to register click here:
Brown Distance Learning Course Listings
or contact:
Monte Bryant, Program Administrator
Monte_Bryant@Brown.edu
(401) 444-1862.
Listening and Interviewing Skills for Addiction Counselors
New England Institute of Addiction Studies
Date: June, 2011
Location: TBA
This course will provide an opportunity for participants to build and enhance practice skills in the areas of listening and interpersonal interviewing. We will investigate the concepts of deep listening and skillful interviewing and put them into practice through role plays and other experiential exercises designed to enhance your confidence and mastery of relational skills during the initial engagement phase of the therapeutic process. Learning methods will include experiential learning processes such as skill-building exercises, role play, clinical demonstrations, and group process.
For more information and to register contact:
NEIAS
75 Stone Street
Augusta, ME 04330
Phone: 207-621-2549
Email: neias@neias.org
Living Life on Life's Terms: Integrating Spirituality into the Therapeutic Process with Addicted Adults
Distance Learning Program
Brown University Center of Alcohol & Addiction Studies
Four Week Online Course
December, 2010For years the spiritual component of the recovery process has largely fallen under the auspices of Twelve Step programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous. Recently, however, there has been an increased awareness and interest in spiritual practices and processes as adjuncts to more traditional medical and psychotherapeutic interventions in the addictive process. This course will explore some of the latest thinking on the value of spiritual beliefs and practices in the recovery process and how the addictions counselor can integrate a spiritual focus into treatment without pushing a particular religion or set of beliefs on the client. We will investigate the concept that an individual's spirituality is an invaluable resource in recovery and work with specific practices, such as meditation and mindfulness, as not only a part of the Twelve Step tradition, but as specific tools for stress reduction, and to help clients expand awareness and learn to meet life's ups and downs without the intervening effects of chemical intoxication.
For more information and to register click here:
Brown Distance Learning Course Listings
or contact:
Monte Bryant, Program Director
401-444-1862
Email: Monte_Bryant@brown.edu
Substance Abuse and Depression: A Collaborative Approach to Treatment and Recovery
Co-occuring Collaborative Serving Maine
DATE: April, 2011
Online Course
The relationship between depression and substance abuse is complex. Depression can precede, follow or co-occur with substance use, abuse, and dependence. This 4 week online course will examine this complex relationship and provide a framework for a collaborative and integrated approach to screening, assessment, treatment and recovery from these co-occurring conditions. This course will also address attitudes, beliefs, and emotional reactions of service providers, the perspective of consumers with depression and substance use concerns, and a collaborative approach to screening, assessment and management of suicidal risk. Learning methods include online lessons, clinical examples, homework, and online discussion forums.
For more information and to register contact:
207-878-6170
CCSME | 94 Auburn Street | Suite 110 | Portland | ME | 04103
CCSME Course Listings & Registration
events@ccsme.org
Ethical Issues in Clinical Supervision for
Co-occurring Collaborative Serving Maine
DATE September 13, 2010
Online Course
This on-line course will draw upon current Co-Occurring Conditions professional knowledge and experience in the field of Co-Occurring Conditions related to professional ethics and supervision and apply them to issues that clinical supervisors are likely to face in their work with supervisees. Some of the issues that will be addressed in this course include boundary issues in the supervisory relationship, confidentiality, vicarious liability, ethical decision-making, competing values, psychotherapy vs. sound clinical supervision, and ethical and respectful exploration of clinician counter-transference issues.
For more information and to register contact:
207-878-6170
CCSME | 94 Auburn Street | Suite 110 | Portland | ME | 04103
events@ccsme.org
or register online at:
CCSME Workshop Registration Page
A Comprehensive Approach to Counselor Self-Care
Rutgers Summer School of Alcohol and Drug Studies
Date: TBA
New Brunswick, NJ
The clinical and research literature suggests a strong relationship between substance abuse issues and trauma. Addiction counselors are likely to encounter clients with a history of trauma and/or current traumatic stress reactions in their clinical practice. In addition to the stress of working in addiction treatment contexts (including the pressures of managed care, high caseloads, and the demands of justifying treatment to funding sources), which may contribute to burnout, addiction counselors who work with trauma clients are also vulnerable to secondary trauma/compassion fatigue, vicarious traumatization, and sometimes intense countertransference reactions.This course will explore the impact of secondary trauma/compassion fatigue, vicarious traumatization, burnout, and countertransference on clinicians who work with addicted, traumatized clients and provide counselors with a holistic and comprehensive approach to self-care that can prevent and ameliorate this impact. This course will actively engage participants in the development of their own personal/professional self-care plans and give ample opportunity to integrate specific self-care activities and practices into their daily lives. Self-exploration and participation in group process are encouraged and supported for personal and professional growth.
For more information and to register contact:
Center of Alcohol Studies
Education and Training Division
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
607 Allison Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854-8001
732-445-4317
or download an application at:
Rutgers Summer School of Alcohol and Drug Studies
Listening and Interviewing Skills for Addiction Counselors
Rutgers Summer School of Alcohol and Drug Studies
Date: TBA
New Brunswick, NJ
This course will provide an opportunity for participants to build and enhance practice skills in the areas of listening and interpersonal interviewing. We will investigate the concepts of deep listening and skillful interviewing and put them into practice through role plays and other experiential exercises designed to enhance your confidence and mastery of relational skills during the initial engagement phase of the therapeutic process. Learning methods will include experiential learning processes such as skill-building exercises, role play, clinical demonstrations, and group process.
For more information and to register contact:
Center of Alcohol Studies
Education and Training Division
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
607 Allison Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854-8001
732-445-4317
or download an application at:
Rutgers Summer School of Alcohol and Drug Studies
Motivational Interviewing and the Stages of Change in Addiction Counseling
Rutgers Summer of Alcohol and Drug Studies
Date: TBA
New Brunswick, NJ
�Motivational interviewing is a directive, client-centered counseling style for eliciting behavior change by helping clients to explore and resolve ambivalence.�� Miller and RollnickThis course builds a conceptual framework for the use of Motivational Interviewing in addiction counseling to help people move along the stages of change from pre-contemplation to full recovery. This course will explore the underlying assumptions and philosophy of MI as well as provide participants with specific motivational strategies and tools appropriate for each of the stages of change. Therapeutic concepts and strategies used in this course will be drawn from Humanism, Motivational Interviewing, and the Stages of Change. Learning methods will include experiential processes such as clinical demonstrations, role play, and skill-building exercises.
For more information and to register contact:
Center of Alcohol Studies
Education and Training Division
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
607 Allison Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854-8001
732-445-4317
or download an application at:
Rutgers Summer School of Alcohol and Drug Studies
207-625-7012
pab@patriciaburke.com
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